Piloting

Using the OpenCPN GPX utility and the Chart Work - Piloting program is it possible to do on an electronic nautical chart the work you do in a traditional way.

Piloting and coastal fix

• Currents Drift and Set
• Lasheras
• Ciclonic method (820. Determining Track Made Good by Plotting Running Fixes. Bowditch-American Practical Navigator.)

• Fix by simultaneous Distance and Bearing of same object. Distance by:

Geographic Range
D( waterline, top of object )

• Fix by 2 simultaneous Horizontal Angles